Car-coupling



(No Model.)

T. M. FISHER & A. SLYE.

GAR COUPLING.

Patented Jan.27,1891.

- ATTO/VEYS WITNESSES '3) *rvrrno' TATES ATENT rrrcn.

THEODORE M. FISHER AND ALEXANDER SLYE, OF MECCA MILLS, INDIANA.

CAR-COUPLING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 445,503, dated January 27, 1891.

Application filedJnly a, 1890. swarm. 358,032. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that We,THEODORE M. FISHER and ALEXANDER SLYE, both of Mecca Mills, in the county of Parks and State of Indiana,

have invented a new and Improved Car-Coupling, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Our invention relates to improvements in car-couplings; and the object of our invention is to provide a coupling that is simple and cheap, that is strong and durable, that will not easily get out of repair, and that may be easily and safely operated from the sides of the car. 1 5 To this end our invention consists in certain features of construction and combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter fully described,and specifically pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a front elevation of the carcoupling. Fig. 2 is a broken plan view of the same, and Fig. 3 is a broken vertical section on the line a: as of Fig. 2.

The draw-bar A is attached to a car in the usual manner, and is formed at its outer end into a draw-head A, said draw-head having a flaring mouth and a horizontal recess A to receive the coupling-link 13. A couplingpin D extends vertically through the drawhead in the usual manner, so as to hold the link B in place. The coupling-pin D is provided on one side with a tongue D, which fits in a corresponding slot in the draw'head, and which prevents the pin from turning. The pin D is also provided with an enlarged to head D adapted to rest upon the top of the draw-head and limit the downward movement of the pin, and the body of the pin extends through thehead and is held in position by a key extending through the pin.

Fixed to opposite sides of the drawhead are the angular braces E, which, as shown, are of a right-angled shape; but the angle maybe changed, if desired. The upper ends of the braces E are bifurcated, and pivoted in said bifurcated portions are the levers E, which extend from a point above the coupling-pin to the sides of the ear. The outer ends of the levers are provided with suitable handles F, and the inner ends of the levers are connected by the rods or plates G with the head D of the coupling-pin, the plates beingpivoted to the inner ends of the levers and fastened to the head D by the keepers or staples cl. The inner ends of the levers E are pressed nor- I mally downward so as to hold the coupling pin in position by the spiral springs II, which connect the lovers with the braces E, the lower ends of the springs being fastened to the eyes 6 in the braces and the upper ends of the springs being secured in the perforations fot the levers, although they may be attached in any convenient manner.

A chain .T is fixed to the inner end of one of the lovers F and to a brace E below the lever. The length of the chain in relation to the pin D is such that it will not allow the lever F to be moved far enough to remove the pin from the draw-head. To operate the device the brakeman presses downward on the outer end of one of the levers F when the link 13 is about to enter the draw-head, and after the link has entered the draw-head the pressure on the lever is removed and the springs II force the inner ends of the levers downward and cause the pin D to engage the So link.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that the device is very simple, and that as there are comparatively few parts it will not easily get out of repair. 8 5

It has been the custom to attach the levers for operating various car-couplings to the end of the car; but by attaching the levers directly to the draw-head itwill be readilyseen that they are always in position and always 0 have the same relation to the draw-head and coupling-pin.

Having thus fully described our invention, we claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In a car-coupling, the combination, with a draw-head and a vertically-movable coupling-pin mounted, therein, of angular braces fixed to the draw-head, levers pivoted in the upper ends of the braces and pivotally con- 10o nected with the coupling-pin, and a chain fixed to one of the levers and to a brace be low, thereby limiting the movement of the lever, substantially as described.

- A em eeupling comprising a draw-head, a vertical]y-movable couplingpin mounted 'in the draw-head and provided with a tongue fitting in a eorrespondingrecess in the drawhead, angular braces fixed to opposite sides of the draw-head, spring-pressed levers pivoted in the braces and extending at right angies to the draw-head, connecting-rods pivoted t0 the inner ends of the levers and to the coupling-pin, and a chain fixed to one of lo the levers and to a brace below to limit the movement of the coupling-pin, ail substantialiy as described.

THEODORE M. FISHER. ALEXANDER SLYE. Witnessee:

STEPHEN A. PIKE, WILLIAM H. GARRIGUES. 

